Naana is a social activist and the Executive Director of FORWARD. She has worked at the International Planned Parenthood Federation, where she investigated child marriage and poverty. She believes that to achieve gender equality the world must address violence against women and the socio-cultural norms that accept this behaviour. In 2009 she was honoured in the 2008 Birthday Honours for “services to Human Rights Issues for Women”. In 2014 Naana gave a TEDx talk about women’s rights and FGM. That year she was included in the Evening Standard’s list of London’s most influential people.